Tag Archives: Viktor Orban

The George Soros-founded Central European University has been kicked out of Hungary, the university said Monday. By – Shehab Khan The Budapest school’s ousting marks another step toward autocracy in Hungary and the region. It’s the first time a school has been forced out of a European Union-member country. The right-wing Hungarian government has targeted the university for the last two ...

The Czech prime minister has called for the return to their home countries of hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants currently in Europe, suggesting funds could be spent on a Marshall Plan to help improve African economies. By – Europe Scroll 4Video “There are 700,000 illegal migrants,” Andrej Babis said in an interview with The Guardian newspaper. “They need to go ...

HUNGARY Prime Minister Viktor Orban defiantly hit back at calls for disciplinary action against his Government – insisting the country will not surrender to “blackmailing” by the European Parliament By – Charlotte Davis Scroll 4Video Mr Orban ridiculed calls by the European Parliament for disciplinary action on the Hungary Government in response to his policies on migrant issues. The Hungarian Prime Minister ...

“We are close to a historic turning point at the continental level. I am astonished at the stupor of a political left that now exists only to challenge others and believes that Milan should not host the president of a European country, as if the left has the authority to decide who has the right to speak and who does ...

A few days ago, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban delivered an annual speech to ethnic Hungarians at a summer camp in Romania. He largely echoed the remarks he had made last year, when he bemoaned European liberalism and championed the continent’s Christian identity. But what seemed like boilerplate nationalist rhetoric then has more force now. By – Ishaan Tharoor The Swedish government ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday that European parliament elections next year could bring about a shift toward illiberal “Christian democracy” in the European Union that would end the era of multiculturalism. By – Reuters The right-wing nationalist Orban, re-elected in April to a third consecutive term, has spearheaded eastern European resistance to EU moves to have member states ...

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in an interview on Friday that he does not support a European Union budget that takes money away from farmers, research and development and regional development, and gives it to countries that take in migrants. By – dailynewshungary Speaking to public radio, Orbán said the EU budget negotiations were expected to take a long time and ...

Angela Merkel has admitted the existence of ‘no-go areas’, where outsiders are afraid to enter, in Germany . By – Virginia Hale In an interview with RTL earlier this week, the acting Chancellor also conceded that the huge influx of third world migrants who arrived after her decision to throw open the border in 2015 has “raised multiple questions”. Merkel said she is ...

HUNGARY’S Prime Minister Viktor Orban has claimed “Christianity is Europe’s last hope” in a fiery speech in which he also took aim at “politicians in Brussels, Berlin and Paris” over migration. By – Harvey Gavin Mr Orban said the European Union risks being “overrun” by mass immigration and “Islamic expansion” before calling for a global alliance to what he portrayed as a growing ...

The senior leaders of Fidesz gathered on the banks of the Danube, in a building known as the Hungarian White House, stunned by the scale of their good fortune. Their right-wing party had won unexpectedly sweeping political power in national elections. The question was how to use it. By – Patrick Kingsley Several men urged caution. But Viktor Orban, the prime minister-elect, disagreed. ...